Definition of Lesser

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Definition of Lesser
	Lesser Less; smaller; inferior. Less. Related Definitions: Inferior, Less

Lesser Quotations

Laws control the lesser man... Right conduct controls the greater one.
Mark Twain

We do not hate as long as we still attach a lesser value, but only when we attach an equal or a greater value.
Friedrich Nietzsche

Every normal person, in fact, is only normal on the average. His ego approximates to that of the psychotic in some part or other and to a greater or lesser extent.
Sigmund Freud

As the builders say, the larger stones do not lie well without the lesser.
Plato

Constantly choosing the lesser of two evils is still choosing evil.
Jerry Garcia

War is evil, but it is often the lesser evil.
George Orwell

It may be necessary temporarily to accept a lesser evil, but one must never label a necessary evil as good.
Margaret Mead

When we label anyone 'bad', we will have more trouble dealing with him than if we could have settled for a lesser label.
William Glasser

We of Africa protest that, in this day and age, we should continue to be treated as lesser human beings than other races.
Robert Mugabe

Is education possibly a process of trading awareness for things of lesser worth? The goose who trades his is soon a pile of feathers.
Aldo Leopold

Lesser Translations

lesser in French is petiot
lesser in German is weniger
lesser in Norwegian is minst, mindre
lesser in Spanish is menor
lesser in Swedish is mindre

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